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Founder & Editor, TASTE. Author of Koreatown (Clarkson Potter, NYT Bestseller), Food IQ (Harper Wave, PW Bestseller), Koreaworld (2024) #🍣👍🏻

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Author of Koreatown: A Cookbook, a New York Times Best Seller. Founding Editor in Chief of TASTE (Penguin Random House). In its first three years of publication, TASTE won 2 James Beard Foundation Journalism Awards (nominated for 6) and 2 IACP Journalism and Digital Media Awards (nominated for 12). Published in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Travel & Leisure, Bon Appetit, Saveur, GQ, Fodor's.

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From the Mouth of the Gods

From the Mouth of the Gods

Ethiopian coffee is one of the world’s great culinary treasures. It’s also extremely undervalued. Geoff Watts…

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Uri Buri: The Bearded Chef of Akko

Uri Buri: The Bearded Chef of Akko

"Habibi," says Uri Jeremias over and over as he strolls through the old Arab market of Akko, copy of Israel H…

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Jonathan Gold Walks Into a Korean Restaurant

Jonathan Gold Walks Into a Korean Restaurant

Pulitzer Prize-winning Jonathan Gold's last story as restaurant critic at the LA Weekly in 2012, a position h…

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Well-Made Coffee Migrates to Midtown Manhattan

Well-Made Coffee Migrates to Midtown Manhattan

Heads Up Finding coffee in Midtown Manhattan, home to nearly two-thirds of New York City hotel rooms and a go…

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Appalachian Masala

Appalachian Masala

Meherwan Irani likes to joke that he didn't eat Indian food until he moved to the United States at age 20. "W…

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Don't Tell David Chang He's a Korean Chef

Don't Tell David Chang He's a Korean Chef

There is not a single chef in America more associated with Korean cuisine than David Chang of Momofuku. He ha…

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Jenn Saesue didn’t want to open another Thai restaurant that served the same watered-down menu as everyone else’s—so she didn’t. Nearly a decade later, she’s the cofounder of 55 Hospitality, the group behind ⁠ Fish Cheeks ⁠ , the Michelin-listed ⁠ Bangkok

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By Matt Rodbard Verified
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This Is TASTE 816: The Pad Thai–Free Zone with Bangkok Supper Club’s Jenn Saesue Jenn Saesue didn’t want to open another Thai restaurant that served the same watered-down menu as everyone else’s—so she didn’t. Nearly a decade later, she’s the cofounder of 55 Hospitality, the group behind ⁠Fish Cheeks⁠, the Michelin-listed ⁠Bangkok Supper Club⁠, and ⁠Bub’s Bakery⁠, New York’s first completely allergen-free bakery.
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Matt Johnson directed the films BlackBerry and the DIY comedy Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie —now he’s taking on Anthony Bourdain. His new film ⁠ Tony ⁠ , out in August from A24, skips the traditional biopic format entirely, compressing three format

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By Matt Rodbard Verified
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This Is TASTE 815: Anthony Bourdain’s Life Was a Movie. Matt Johnson Directed It. Matt Johnson directed the films BlackBerry and the DIY comedy Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie—now he’s taking on Anthony Bourdain. His new film ⁠Tony⁠, out in August from A24, skips the traditional biopic format entirely, compressing three formative Provincetown summers described in Kitchen Confidential into one transformative season for a 19-year-old, pre-fame Bourdain.
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Meherwan’s Mumbai

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By Matt Rodbard Verified, Greg Dupree, Jeff Rogers
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“I’M SO EXCITED”, Meherwan Irani sings while walking through the doors of Mumbai’s Britannia & Co. (instagram.com/britannia_co) and pointing us toward a favorite table—which sits just below a portrait of Queen Elizabeth II, keeping tabs on a dining room that has served customers for over 100 years.
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